As Bereans, we passionately study and share what we learn, although we don’t normally consider ourselves to be teachers or prophets. But, in these last days, some of us have become end-times watchers for Jesus Christ. Our Lord and Savior has confirmed that this is the role for me, most recently via the Holy Spirit who gave me a visual confirmation after my very strong prayers – asking what I should be doing for Jesus Christ right then; Without delay, an image of a watchtower with a wall around it, was drawn into my minds eye as a printer prints – line by line.
AlephTav.blog- See the Glory of God is mainly my own expository notes.
As I study long and hard, the Holy Spirit, has been bringing together vast sections of the prophetic picture; I’m sure He’s using me and many other believers to this purpose as more knowledge is being made available in these last days. Bereans learn so much from each other, each having pieces of the puzzle, giving and taking. Even so, none of our writings is perfect.
Certain assumptions about God’s harvests of saints may cause us to not recognize when the restrainer is being removed.
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Update June 10 ’26 AD: I believe we’re out of time. Look Up!
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Harvest Timing Viewpoints:
Most of the common arguments for the general timing of Jesus Christ’s gathering of His saints seemed to make good sense at first, but they contradicted each other and I came to realize they were being presented to me with glosses over of what really didn’t fit.
When I finally finished examining popular views meticulously, they all seemed to have huge flaws, flaws of Biblical proportions, or a multitude of smaller flaws – a mess. After about six years of trying to put together the greater prophetic puzzle, much of it finally seemed to have come together by the Holy Spirit, yet the general timing of the harvest of the saints still remained questionable, for awhile. Even the sixth seal rapture viewpoint, which was the only way out of initial confusion, had its challenges.
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Popular harvest, resurrection, and rapture timing view points actually have merit!
You’re probably thinking: What? Didn’t you just write that the viewpoints have been presented with glosses causing gigantic error or multitude of smaller flaws? . . . Can the two statements that I made be reconciled? Yes, they can be reconciled if all three harvests of saints are in God’s plan. They are. That’s why they all have Biblical support!
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One problem is that seminary schools have been teaching students to defend the existence of only one harvest, at the expense of the others. I’m not saying they’re doing it deliberately, with full awareness, but that students and teachers are under pressure to agree with what’s been handed down to them by their institutions.
Different schools chose different Bible expositors to hold in high esteem, so teachers must leave out, spiritualize or twist Bible passages that don’t fit their school’s paradigm and the glosses cause waves of warpage.
To be fair, it hasn’t been entirely the fault of seminary schools. There have been a few egregious widespread mistranslations in the Bible. One passage in particular, related to the rapture, comes to mind that has misled many, including me. But, with the internet and so many linguistics experts working on this very topic now, the important errors are coming to light.
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For a study on perhaps the worst mistranslated section of the Bible:
I’ve come to understand that prior to the sixth seal, in the Book of Revelation, the true church/bride will have already been harvested by our perfect Lord and Savior, at what I’ve come to call the Open Door Harvest. see posts:
May 18, ’24 Addendum, Although I’ve come to uphold the basic ‘three harvest’ viewpoint, I continue to think the Bible’s saying that, the vast majority of saints will be harvested at the sixth seal, which is the ‘owner’s portion’ of the Wheat Harvest. My studies are leading me to realize that all of the bride-of-Christ comes out of the body-of-Christ so only part of the body-of-Christ is the bride-of-Christ.
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End Times Prophesy Watchers
Our Lord doesn’t lead every believer to become a Bible expositor or end time prophesy watcher. As parts of the body of Jesus Christ, we’ve been given different roles.
For example, those who can’t sing are supported in the joy of worship by those who can!
Yet, Jesus warned every member of His body to pay attention. He wants us to watch and not fall asleep. He warned us to be on guard to keep our garments clean, and in order to do that, most of all, He warned us NOT to live for the world!
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Watchers have a very supportive role unto other believers, who really should take more advantage of them. This is despite the fact that it’s not always easy to hear what God’s watch men and women have to say. For example, they might let you know when you need to study the challenging parts of the Bible.
In the Old Testament, God assigned watcher roles to Levitical priests. Prophets were watchers of a different sort. Also, Israel had watchers in civil roles. It’s a very intense responsibility.
“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.”
Ezekiel 33:6
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That’s why I publish my notes online:
I think there’s great risk for any believer who might not realize when the time has come to sprint, or crawl, to the finish line! I’ve been passing out the warnings that Jesus Christ has given to us; Because the dire warnings have hardly been mentioned in most of the churches I’ve attended.
To read more about the finish line, here are dozens of Bible passages about running the race:
I know the Lord wants me to, write down what I’m learning and make it available to others, because He showed me His Glorious Face right after I first pushed the publish button in August of 2023. He looking very pleased with a great big, awesome smile! He was so close that I wonder if I should’ve kissed Him.
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Jesus said: “Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them.“
John 14:21
The Restrainer may have been Partially Removed 21 days before the Hamas Massacre on Israel . . .
I’m not saying that believers with the indwelling Holy Spirit don’t also contribute greatly to the restraint of dark spirits in the world!
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They do, especially in their own lives, their immediate surroundings and communities. And saints, through their answered prayers, also have a restraining effect upon the whole world. Yet, since there’s always been much rebelliousness and/or division in the church, even from the days of St. Paul, throughout the long dark ages, and very obviously NOW, there’s likely to be an additional, element to how the restrainer works.
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that when Jesus Christ breaks the first seals of the scroll, The Deed to the Earth, that He’s beginning to remove the restrainer, one seal at a time . . .
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. . . and at the right moment, after war and/or other serious troubles have been let loose, but before they reach critical mass, He’ll rescue His bride from the world’s hour of greatest trial before she’s scourged by it. (Rev. 3:3)
If I’m right, Jesus Christ may have released a restraining seal on Yom Teruah (Trumpets) Sept. 17, 2023and another on Yom Teruah(Trumpets) Oct. 2, 2024.
When Jesus Christ’s removes His bride from the earth, the final great way in which the Holy Spirit restrains will come to an end, because the greatest part of the Holy Spirit goeswith Christ’s bride as she rises.
I think the Holy Spirit works best through the saint when they’re united in community.
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A Nuclear Harvest Seems Likely.
One thing’s certain: nowhere in the Bible does any prophet say that the bride of Christ will be rescued on or before the first day or year of Daniel’s 70 week.
Prophesies have recently been coming true faster that I can possibly write about them! God has clearly revealed, just in time, the above mentioned ‘three harvest model,’ which includes the Open Door Harvest (barley), the Wheat Harvest, and the Olivet Discourse Fruit or ‘Good Grape’ Harvest. So, the first resurrection must be parsed among those. See:
Since this is just an introductory post, I’m winding down, but some direction about what to look for next is needed, because what’s happening in the world right now is urgent. I’m writing the following part on Resurrection Sunday 2025:
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The Unexpected Importance of the Book of Ester!
An early harvest of the bride of Jesus Christ is supported by the story told in the Biblical Book of Ester. Watchers are encouraged by this prophesy to keep awake for our Lord and Savior’s arrival, any time from Purim Mar. 142025 AD (2024 ADT) onward, until the nuclear issues, which caused Iran, Russia and China to apparently congeal on Purim ’25 AD and all other repercussions of Iran’s nuclear threat play out.
That’s the ‘event that changed everything’?It’s covered in this frequently updated post:
Although the ‘event that changed everything’ absolutely did happen exactly on Purim proper: March 14, 2025, as predicted, the whole story of the Book of Ester doesn’t happen in one day, one month or even one year! That’s why watchers are still focused on its being played out.
The only reason Israel didn’t blow up the Bushehr Nuclear Facility during the 2025 Passover week was: Trump stalled Netanyahu who was ready to do it. Trump wanted to try another diplomatic round.
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The fulfillment of the events triggered by Purim as marked by blood moons, and the entire Book of Ester is really about her plea to allow Israel to defend itself.
Since the Old Covenant appointed times/holy convocations probably can’t be fulfilled until the 3rd temple of God is built, my watching in these highly prophetic years will continue to be focused on the Esterscope, since the nuclear threat has taken center stage! Jesus said He’d tarry and His tarry may have two parts, the second of which started from the 2025 Pentecost/Shavuot date, which is the time of the fulfillment of the Barley Harvest. The Book of Ester will remain in the radar of AlephTav.blog until God’s third temple goes up, if were still here. see:
One thing was so exciting for me to learn about Ester!
As end-times prophesy: Ester is the Bride of the King of kings who risks her life to stand up for the Jews right to defend themselves against the Persians; The story is prophetic of the grafted on ‘hidden Israel’ (the true church / bride of Christ) who will do the same thing.The historically true story of Ester is relived every year by the Jews in their Purim festival. I think most Jews will be utterly dumbfounded when they discover that their end times Ester was the bride of Christ!See it in action . . .
The entire Old Testament and the prophets point us to the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, the main purpose of which is the salvation of the remnant of the Jews and all biological Israel. (The rest will pay their eternal debt to God.) Father God, please help us always remember that it’s only through the Jews, through whom you sent your Son, Jesus Christ, that we ‘the called out ones’ from every nations have been saved, from a future of never ending damnation .
God is also using Christ’s bride to make the Jews jealous:
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in the hope that I may provoke my fellow Jews to jealousy and save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? (Romans 11:13-15)
1. THE BARLEY: 24 Elders, the Bride of Christ and the Fifth Seal Martyrs
2. THE WHEAT: 144,000, the Tribulation Saints and the Two Witnesses
3. THE FRUIT: Resurrected O.T. Saints, Remnant Jews and the Last Martyrs
1. TheBarley Harvest
The First Fruits of the Barley Harvest
The 24 Elders
My studies have revealed that the 24 elders are either those who came up out of their graves on the Mount of Olives and walked into Jerusalem right after Jesus Christ was resurrected; Matt. 27:52-53, “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” Or, they were among those who were in Hades/Sheol/Hell the good part, which was ‘the bosom of Abraham’. They both rose at the First Fruits of the barley harvest; They could be the same saints who rose in two parts.
Some of them may’ve been from among those mentioned in Hebrews 11 – the Hall of Faith. 8 out of 22 of the Old Testament saints mentioned in Hebrews 11 were not Israelites; For example, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Rahab. Verse 32 states that the writer didn’t have time to write about all of them, so we can speculate: Surely Deborah the prophetess, military leader and 4th and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel belongs in the Hall of Faith! Job certainly belongs and he wasn’t an Israelite. The Barley Harvest is for all nations, just like the Wheat Harvest and doesn’t exclude Hebrew Israelites. The Fruit or ‘Good Grape’ Harvest seems to be the only harvest of saints that’s mostly (but not completely) exclusive to the Jews.
When did the 24 elders arrive in God’s throne room? I agree with most Bereans that it was sometime after Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, probably at the time of His Ascension.
“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. . . Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”
Revelation 3: 8,10
Although the following is from the Olivet Discourse, this passage backs up the concept. Luke is considered, by many, to be the gospel to the bride; The following passage isn’t in Matt. or Mark.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21 34-36)
Many Bereans think, and for quite a few good reasons, that since the body of Jesus Christ has different parts for different purposes, that His bride is one special part of His body. I believe it. If it’s true, I think she must be mainly the Church of Philadelphia, because out of the 7 church types, only to her did Jesus Christ the, Bridegroom, give the special promise that He’d keep her from the hour of trial that’s going to come upon the whole world to test its inhabitants. Perhaps they’re the ones who loved Him the most, having proved it by keeping themselves apart from worldliness, hating the state of this fallen world, while still loving the people in it. This is the group who will have been waiting longingly for Him every day and when He arrives and will LOVE His appearing!
The saints in the Church of Philadelphia are ‘watching’ for Him, not living for the world. They’re eagerly awaiting and praying every day for our Lord and Savior to come. In Revelation 2-3, the seven types of churches are evaluated by Jesus Christ. It seems like, ultimately, some saints from each of them will also be brought through His open door; But as just mentioned, the promise was only given to the Church of Philadelphia, who seems to be the model of the ‘bride of Christ’; I think the wise bridesmaids will be brought through Jesus’ door also, and that they’ll be from the other 6 church types.
St. John is the Individual Model for the Bride of Christ.
St. John, who is called ‘the one Jesus loved,’ was the only apostle who stayed at the cross during Jesus’ crucifixion; 65 years later, immediately after St. John experienced His first amazing Revelation vision, of Jesus Christ walking among the seven golden lamp stands, which represent the 7 church types, St. John looked and saw an open door. “He heard God say ‘Come up here’ and he went up and saw seven blazing torches before the throne of God; then he saw the Lamb who appeared to have been slaughtered in the center of the throne.” (Rev. 4:1)
The fact that St. John saw all seven lamp stands before the throne of God, and that they were all blazing, seems to indicate that at least some saints from every one of the seven church types, even the five faltering ones, will be gathered by Jesus Christ unto Himself at His Open Door Harvest.
What I’m calling the Open Door Harvest is the harvest that more and more modern Bereans are calling the Barley Harvest, the owner’s portion of it.
In St. John’s Rev. 2-3 vision, Jesus gave a stronger warning to two of the 7 church types. He said He’d remove their lamp stands if they didn’t repent. I think it highlights Jesus’ grace that, none of the lamp stands were ultimately removed! If my interpretation is right, the great news of Rev. 4:1 is: All 7 church types will come to be eternally represented as Christ’s true church, the other six, at least as His bridesmaids. Perhaps some of those He will count as being of His bride also; I hope so. It’s not a value judgment, saints have different roles; for example the 24 elders, who are the first fruits of the same barley harvest, although not of His bride, have their own thrones in God’s throne room!
The very next thing St. John sees in God’s throne room is the Lamb of God breaking the seals of the scroll of the Deed to Earth.
So when do the saints of the Open Door Harvest arrive in heaven? If the blazing torches in the throne room of God Almighty are symbolic of the seven fold church being full of the holy spirit and shining their light into the world, does that mean that automatically mean that the individual members of the bride of Christ will have already arrived in the third heaven before Jesus Christ takes the scroll from His Father’s hand?
Or, is His bride still on Earth when the Worthy One begins breaking the seals?
Did St. John witness only the church’s ‘symbolic’ representation in God’s throne room, with the flames on the lamp stands being indicators of the condition of God’s church on Earth, at the time immediately before Jesus breaks the first seal?
It makes sense that the Lamb of God would begin breaking seals right after all 7 lamp stands begin blazing in unison, indicating that His 7 fold bride and bridesmaids are ready. and therefore that it’s time for Him to receive the scroll from His Father and begin breaking its seals!
It’s very important for me to understand this because I see so much evidence that our Lord and Savior has already begun breaking them.
The ‘watching’ part of the church seems ready now, and hopefully with representatives from each of the 7 church types. (But, I’m praying more saints will wake up just before His Open Door Harvest. I don’t see any reason why that can’t be, as long as His bride’s still on Earth, even if Jesus has already begun breaking seals.)
When will the Open Door Harvest take place? At first it seemed, to me, that it’d be on one of God our Father’s Torah Law appointed-times/holy convocations, since Jesus Christ was sent to ‘fulfill the law’.
Matt. 5:17-18, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law ’till all is fulfilled.”
In the year of His crucifixion, Jesus Christ fulfilled at least 3, but maybe 4 of the 7 yearly Torah holy convocations/appointed-times, in perfect order. Some think the fourth one, Shavuot/Pentecost, hasn’t been completely fulfilled since Jesus Christ was in heaven, not on or near Earth when He asked Father God to send the Holy Spirit down to Earth, 10 days after His Ascension. Also, Shavuot is a pilgrimage holy convocation, meaning it requires a return trip, and we know that the Holy Spirit must return back to heaven along with the saints.
For a brief overview of God’s 7 holy-convocations/appointed times see:
But there’s not Presently a Temple of God standing in Jerusalem!
Since the masonry temple, with its priesthood, sacrifices and proper time keeping, was central to the keeping of God’s appointed-times, especially the highest-holy-days, the fact that it currently doesn’t exist as it did when Jesus Christ walked the earth, makes it seem like God’s final appointed times can’t be fulfilled yet. Nevertheless, I still watch each of the 7 holy convocation time slots on the calendar carefully. Thankfully, as I’ve matured in my understanding, I’ve discovered that there are quite a few other prophetic high watches that we should be aware of, ones that don’t center upon the temple of God. (See post 1.)
We can already perceive the accelerating convergence of Old Testament prophesies in addition to many of the cosmic and cultural signs Jesus described in His Olivet Discourse. Even though some of those events will occur after the church is gone, the storm clouds are forming now. I mean it’s time for Jesus Christ to collect His bride and He could do it at any moment. To understand what’s happening in the world right now requires a pretty good foundation in Old Testament prophesy, after all, He was talking mainly to ‘Jews’ with His Olivet Discourse, but we also need to be able to properly integrate that knowledge into New Testament prophesy.
Revelation Type Events Are Approaching Us Daily
Artificial intelligence is doubling its power every three months, trans-humanism is about to irreversibly take hold; These are parts of Mystery Babylon, and so is their tampering with the DNA of everything. The things they’re doing literally underground are unspeakable. See links by Sling and Stone, in post:
Before they become an overwhelming threat to the mind, body, soul and spirit of His bride/true-church, I believe Jesus Christ our faithful Bridegroom King, will gather His Barley Harvest Bride through His Open Door Self.
That must be why He said “I know you have little strength” and promised to keep the Church of Philadelphia from the hour of trial. Again, Rev. 4:1 seems to demonstrate that individual unsoiled saints from the other church types will also be redeemed at the same time. Hallelujah!
I’ve not found any verses in the Bible stating that our glorious Lord, Savior, Bridegroom Christ will come for His Church exactly when the 70th week of Daniel begins, exactly when the final Daniel 9:27 agreement is signed (if it is a signed document) or exactly 7 years before the first day of Jesus Christ’s Millennial Kingdom. (See post 3.) Although it’s been frequently taught, the Bible simply never says that!
Most Christians conflate the harvests, which is necessary, at times, because they have many similar elements. Complete information about them hasn’t been clearly given to us, because certain things are revealed to us only as needed; This is true, especially in these last days, because satan is most jealous of the bride of Christ and although he wants us out of here, he will also try to ruin Jesus’ plan.
I’ve mentioned that the bride/true church of Christ must be the Barley Harvest: Barley bows its head while wheat is stiff necked. Barley pearls come right out, while wheat ears must beaten with a tribulum.
Jesus Christ was resurrected on the third holy convocation, which is called ‘First-Fruits’ and it marks the beginning of the barley harvest, when a sheaf must be presented to God in his Temple.
In the three days that His body lay dead, Jesus Christ rescued captives out of Sheol, from Abraham’s bosom. Where did He take them? Either He took them to His Father, in His throne room, as a First-Fruits offering of the Barley Harvest of saints; Or He brought them to paradise, which is the place in heaven where saints who died wait for their glorified bodies that they’ll receive later, when the rest of the church is harvested.
As mentioned above, and this is speculation: If Jesus brought the sheaf of souls out from Abraham’s Bosom in Sheol, perhaps they made a pit stop on Earth to animate their old dead bodies, which may’ve been those that came up out of their graves on the Mount of Olives when Jesus died.
Shavuot/Pentecost, God’s fourth holy convocation is actually the day in which the first fruits of the wheat harvest is presented to God in His temple; But, it also marks the fulfillment of the barley harvest; So Pentecost/Shavuot is also the model for the fulfillment of the barley harvest of saints, including the gleanings of the barley saints who must be martyred. The greatest martyrdom will happen at the 5th seal, immediately before the first fruits of the wheat harvest of saints when the 144,000, are sealed; at the beginning of the sixth seal. see below …
The 7 Year Countdown Begins Before the Church Age Ends:
I think the ‘great tribulation’ (not to be confused with God’s wrath) begins soon after Jesus Christ breaks the FOURTH SEAL. The ‘hour of trial’ is not specifically about Daniels entire 7 year period on Earth at the end of this age. Nevertheless, since time is utterly elastic when traveling in the cosmos, it’s still possible that the bride will spend exactly 7 years in God’s heaven, as per God’s will, before she returns to Earth with Jesus. The first seal’s events don’t cause great worldwide tribulation, since they’re the releasing of the diplomatic exploits of the future antichrist before the restrainer’s fully removed. The second seal removes peace, but it’s a process that doesn’t happen all at once, not going nuclear until the fourth seal. The third seal is similar: Food prices begin rising, more and more, but the full impact isn’t fully reached until the process reaches the fourth seal, which is when multitudes start dying from the sword famine, pestilence and wild animals with the march of the black horse. This is supported by Matt. 24:7, which informs us that the famines will occur ‘in various places.’ I think the ‘beginning of sorrows’ becomes the ‘great tribulation’ at the 4th seal; When the Lamb of God breaks the fourth seal, a 1/4 of humanity will die due to the cumulative effects of all that was let loose into motion when He broke the first three seals. That’s opposed to the trumpet and bowl judgments, which are the wrath of God. Breaking the seals are mainly God way of allowing the world to progress toward the Beast System. God’s harvest of the core of Christ’s ‘true church’ will take place just before the ‘hour of trial which will come upon the whole Earth sometime after Jesus Christ breaks the 4th seal. That’s also when the greatest part of the Holy Spirit’s power will be removed from Earth.
the tarry
Jesus Christ our Bridegroom strongly implied He’d tarry! But, why would He delay gathering His bride? What if the bride of Christ is busy serving our Lord by warning and/or making preparations for those who’re not getting ready, and are about to enter the great tribulation? I sometimes feel as if that’s what I’m doing.
The limit of the timing of the Open Door Harvest is that it must happen before the death of the 5th Seal Martyrs. According to Levitical Law the owner’s portion of any harvest, must be gathered in completely, before any of the gleanings are touched by the poor or the stranger (which in the case of the end time tribulation will be the ‘Beast System) until the owner (God) has taken the entirety of His portion. That’s according to God’s Levitical Law. But that doesn’t mean satan won’t break God’s law; Nevertheless, we can be fully assured that Jesus Christ will arrive with His Door Open before all the 5th seal martyrs arrive under Father God’s alter! Hallelujah! Perhaps we’ll watch King Jesus break the fifth seal when we arrive in God’s throne room!
The gleanings are the part of a harvest that‘s given over to the stranger and the poor who become the new owners. In the case of the harvests of souls at the end of the age, the gleanings are given over to the world. Even though the whole field of the souls of the Barley Harvest had become holy when the sheaf of the First Fruits offering, of saints (the 24 elders)was accepted by God Almighty, God won’t take back for Himself any part that was given over to a different owner, unless they’re put to death by the enemy. This is true in the case of souls in the time of the end, because the new owner, will be the world of the Beast.
Rev. 6: 9-11 “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were was completed.”
12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, Dan being replaced by Levi, are the first fruits of the Wheat Harvest. What suddenly triggered so many Sons of Jacob to begin following Jesus Christ? It’s likely that after living through the many events that occurred after Jesus Christ broke the first four seals, and seeing so many Christians go missing from Earth because of Jesus Christ’s Open Door Harvest, they figured out who their Messiah really is.
The Owner’s Portion of the Wheat Harvest
The Tribulation Saints
It’s a metaphor. Wheat is the largest harvest of the year in Israel. Wheat requires a beating by a ‘tribulum’ to become useful. Such is not the case with barley, which is why the true church or the ‘bride of Christ’ is referred to as the ‘Barley Harvest.’ The tribulation saints will makeup the greatest harvest of saints ever to be seen in heaven. Their unaccountable multitude was witnessed by St. John after Jesus Christ broke the sixth seal! They’re gathered to heaven by our Lord and Savior, at the conclusion of the ‘great tribulation’ but before God’s wrath begins. The tribulation saints are part of the body of Christ and they include both gentiles and Hebrew Israelites, a fact that’s underscored by God requiring two loaves of leavened bread as the first fruits offering of the wheat harvest on Shavuot. https://biblehub.com/q/Why_use_leaven_in_Lev_23_17_loaves.htm
(I call God’s Wrath the ‘greatest tribulation’ to avoid confusion.)
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14
In the Book of Revelation, the first mention of the ‘wrath of God’ (which is the greatest tribulation) is at the end of the sixth seal after the ‘great tribulation’ has reached it’s conclusion, the martyrs have been killed and the 144,00 have been sealed. Then there’s announcement of God’s wrath:
Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?’
The Two Witnesses will come on the scene 1,260 days before the Beast (King, Caliph, Mahdi, Emperor of the Beast Empire) comes up from the abyss after having been greatly empowered there. That means the two witnesses must arrive very early in Daniel’s 70th week. A careful analysis of the passages reveal that St. John only reports on the actual whereabouts of the Two Witnesses as they’re killed and lay in a street of Jerusalem for three days;That’s before they’re resurrected and raptured from that very same spot. The Two Witnesses were not ever described as having been inside the temple courts or on the temple mount. Although it seems to us that they’ll be drawn there. The angel told St. John all about the two witnesses right after having instructed him to measure the 3rd temple of God, but not the outer court because the gentiles will be trampling it. That’s why most people assume that the two witnesses will begin and carry out most of their their ministry around the temple. Because of that assumption, and because their foreshadowers Zerubabbel and Joshuah were Jews, the narrative that believers have clung to, is that the Two Witnesses are sent to witness and prophesy only to the Jews;But the Two Witnesses are described by the angel as ‘the 2 olive trees andthe 2 lamp stands.’ I interpret that as meaning they must also prophesy and preach to Christians including to Christ’s bride and bridesmaids in the beginning, since they’ll begin their ministry before she’s gathered.
The 7 church types or church models in Rev. 2-3, hold up the 7 lamps – that’s reminiscent of one menorah. God has two betrothals in the Bible, one inthe Old Testament and one in the New Testament. The two menorahs represent the two brides/wives, the Israelites betrothed to Father God YHWHand the true church, which is a part of the body of Christ,betrothed to God the Son Jesus Christ. (As I edit this on August 4 ’26: Assuming there’ve been no mis-translations of the text, the two witnesses began their ministry 2.3 yrs. ago. So they must be hiding in plain sight on the World Wide Web! That’s according to my calculations, see post 4. The Countdown.)
Zechariah wrote about the original two witnesses: Joshua and Zerubabbel:
And interestingly, there’s no record of their deaths. In Zechariah’s vision he saw that they were introduced to their Savior Messiah as the ‘chief corner stone’ (with 7 eyes on it); That’s the chief corner stone of the temple they were building. So, yes; I think they’ll be here, on Earth as the 3rd temple is being built. And, in the same way that Elijah returned as the spirit of John the Baptist, for anybody who’d believe it, I think they grew up on Earth. I think at some point they’ll became completely and continuously filled with the Holy Spirit; That means they’ve been granted virtually unlimited defensive powers by God; But, I believe they’ll only use those powers in the final year and a half before they’re killed. Unfortunately, just as the Jews recognized neither Elijah nor their Messiah, I suspect that most ‘Christians’ won’t recognize the Two Witnesses. I’ve started a list of possibilities on post 15.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
We’ve all heard of the Grapes of Wrath, but I think there’s also a Good Grape Harvest since Jesus himself is the good grape vine.
Grape Harvest Passages
Grape Harvest Passages
Then I looked, and there before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud was someone like a Son of Man seated on the cloud was one like a son of man (Jesus) with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. (Rev. 14: 14-16)
I think Jesus Christ harvested the living branches, those who were attached to Himself. SinceJesus is the grape vine, His true follower are the ‘good grapes’ on the branches that are attached to Him. Although this harvest, which is the first Rev. 14 harvest, isn’t specifically said to be grapes, the barley and wheat harvests had already been completed before Rev. 11. Olives and figs were the only other important late season crops in Jerusalem.
The Other Rev. 14 Harvest is the ‘Grapes of Wrath’
Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great wine press of God’s wrath. They were trampled in the wine press outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. (Rev. 14 17-20)
Those are the wild grapes that remained, after Jesus took His good grape harvest.
It started with the First Fruits of the ‘Good Grape’ Harvest
Resurrected Old Testament Saints
Soon after the war with Michael and satan breaks out in heaven, there’s a very large resurrection of Old Testament saints. They’re the first fruits of the Good Grape Harvest.
Daniel 12: 1-2 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life others to shame and everlasting contempt . . .”
With 3 mentions of ‘time’ in just those two verses, perhaps we should ask: ‘when’? The answer is found in the context of the end of Daniel 11, (the final King of the North invading Israel) and also in Revelation 12 7-9 see below:
Revelation 12: 7-9 “Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
TheMain Good Grape Harvest (owner’s portion) is the Rev. 14: 14-16 harvest by Jesus Christ, when He sits on the clouds with His sickle: It takes place after Rev. 12 when the abomination of desolation (A.O.D.) is initially set up and the Jews flee to the mountains to a place God will have prepared for them. We know they’ll stay there for 1,260 days. The sickle Jesus is holding is symbolic; Jesus’ Olivet Discourse tells us that when He harvests them, He’ll be seen across the entire sky by everyone on Earth, from the East to the West, in great glory; And that He’ll be with a host of His angels who’ll gather them. But, this isn’t Jesus Christ’s second coming, when He’ll be accompanied by all His saints – a huge standard – all of us on white horses together with myriads and myriads of good angels. This is only the Olivet Discourse Harvest. No horses are mentioned. The wedding feast hasn’t happened yet in heaven and Armageddon will begin very soon.
This group isn’t part of Christ’s church, since they’ve already suffered through the seven trumpets of God’s judgment/wrath onto the earth. The church, is not appointed to God’s wrath. But, I think this group will still be invited to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb since they’ll arrive in heaven before the wedding feast.
And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” (Rev. 19:9)
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Gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest of Revelation 19
The Last Martyrs
The last martyrs are described by St. John who saw them toward the end of his journey in the spirit. He saw them standing in heaven beside what appeared to be a sea of glass and fire, and heard them named “those who defeated the beast and his image.” These are the gleanings of the Good Grape Harvest. Although they will be mostly Jews, I think there will also be some gentles among them because . . .
.The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. … .Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring – those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. (Rev. 12:6,17)
“And it was given unto him (the Beast) to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”
Revelation 13:7
The Revelation 12 woman is Israel, but satan couldn’t get to her, so instead he went after whoever else left on Earth was following her son Jesus Christ, the body of Christ. All those who follow Jesus Christ are considered to be her offspring also, because they abide in Jesus.
None of the last martyrs, whether Jew or gentile, are part of Christ’s church, because they come out of God’s wrath. The church is completely gone by then, nevertheless there seems to be a group of gentile stragglers who missed the entire church age, yet are somehow humbled after seeing the Two Witnesses resurrected. Perhaps they find some Bibles in their hideouts as they’re trying to dodge the beast; They’re saints too. And they seem to arrive in heaven just in time, for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb! See:
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” (Rev. 19:9)
And he added, “These are the true words of God.” (Rev. 19:9) For God did not appoint us (the church) to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:9)
The Last Martyrs will come out of the Wrath of God
None of these will have repented until after the sixth trumpet judgement (the second woe). Not even being tortured for five months by demonic locusts from the bottomless pit, at the fifth trumpet judgment, without being able to die although wishing to, impressed them enough to call on Jesus Christ’s name for help. Only later, after hearing the powerful testimonies of the Two Witnesses and seeing the beast come out of the bottomless pit and kill them, and then seeing them resurrected 3.5 days later, followed by a great earthquake that destroys a tenth of the Jerusalem, killing 7,000, did they finally get humbled and turn to Jesus Christ!
In Rev. 20, St. John sees the souls of the last martyrs, and then sees them come to life and reign with Christ for a thousand years!
First Fruits of the Barley Harvest could also be the captives Jesus removed from Hades, the ‘Bosom of Abraham’, when He “took captivity captive”.My interpretation of the two harvests of Rev. 14, is that only the second harvest is the grapes of wrath and the first one is the smaller harvest of good grapes.
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Final thoughts about gleanings:
As mentioned above, according to Romans 11:18, When the first-fruits of something offered to God is holy, the whole lump is holy; This applies to fields of grain and other crops. The gleanings of a holy field (lump) are given over to the poor and the stranger who become its new owner.
Leviticus chapters 25-27 relates to harvests, valuation, vows, redemption and many animal offerings, which are also holy to God.
God has given rules about their redemption, including cases when the animal must be killed. see post 2
(((These are not the regular alter sacrifices.)))
As far as I understand it, no living thing that’s holy to God, and is then given over to another owner can be redeemed back to God except by death. The corners of a field are holy to God, if that field had been dedicated to God. But, God has commanded in Torah for the corners to be given over to the poor and the stranger passing through. The corners are the gleanings. Therefore, regarding God’s harvest of souls, those saints who find themselves as part of the gleanings in the end times, having actually been given over to the world Beast/Antichrist system, must be martyred by the enemies team. That’s the only way God will take them back.
That’s an example of gleanings of a holy batch. I believe that verse is also about the portion of the Good Grape Harvest that must be put to death in order to to be redeemed back to God, and that similar things happened with the Barley and Wheat Harvests.
Different schools chose different Bible expositors to hold in high esteem, so teachers must leave out, spiritualize or twist Bible passages that don’t fit their school’s paradigm and the glosses cause waves of warpage.
on Yom Teruah (Trumpets) Sept. 17, 2023 and another on Yom Teruah (Trumpets) Oct. 2, 2024.
Jesus said He’d tarry and His tarry may have two parts, the second of which started from the 2025 Pentecost/Shavuot date, which is the time of the fulfillment of the Barley Harvest. The Book of Ester will remain in the radar of AlephTav.blog until God’s third temple goes up, if were still here. see:
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65 years later, immediately after St. John experienced His first amazing Revelation vision, of Jesus Christ walking among the seven golden lamp stands, 
which represent the 7 church types, St. John looked and saw an open door. 
“He heard God say ‘Come up here’ and he went up and saw seven blazing torches before the throne of God; then he saw the Lamb who appeared to have been slaughtered in the center of the throne.” (Rev. 4:1)
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